I think you need to change all of the tile at once.

I'm not sure how far I would get with the builder on that one, unfortunately. I'm sure I would have a bit of a fight on my hands.

Are you saying the house is 1.5 years old? It looks like tile that was popular in the late 80's. If the tile is no longer available, that isn't your fault and you shouldn't have to have a patchwork bathroom because your builder messed up the floor joists.

Is the tile pink? It looks really pink in the photo. How about the shower floor? Is he changing that too?

No, it's not pink at all, must be the lighting. Yes - 1.5 years old. LOL I've looked through all of the builders models and don't see a single example of where they've used two different tiles so I hope I can plead my case.

I feel like this picture still looks pink compared to what it looks like in real life. It's actually a cream colour. The shower floor wouldn't be replaced. (Unless they do the whole thing) It has different tile - 2x2 in the same colours. We were fairly limited in our choices as we didn't want to spend any of our upgrade money on this room. It all went to the main floor where we did a slate look in plank in the entry and 24x24 tiles in the kitchen.

If the builder messed up the joists and as a result, the floor has to come up, I can't see where you have ANY responsibility at all, esp. after only 1.5 years. Are you in the states? If so, call your AG's office and get the law. There are TONS of laws regarding building contractors because so many are so sleazy.

It is absurd that you should have to take up the floor tile and replace it because THEY don't have anymore, but not have the tub surround replaced as well. Your builder is being a pill, and unprofessional, and needs to be set straight, IMO.

I'm in Canada, and this process just started - they have been very good with other repairs, so I'm not sure what the response will be when I ask for all the tile to be done. They are the ones taking up the tile, fixing the joists, and laying new tile. Let's see what they say when I contact them today. It was only yesterday that I found out about the tile being out of stock.

Agree with Tibbrix that the builder should make things right by replacing all the tiles.

However, if you have to settle for just the floor, do not go with anything as dark as the trim tile. You don't want a dark floor in a bathroom. You already have a dark countertop and a dark floor will be too much, plus dark floors show everything.

You will have a lot going on in there if you add another tile. Good luck.

Even if your tile was still available it's likely it would not match because they would probably have been manufactured at different times...so different dye lots perhaps.... and that would look even worse than a different floor IMO

You paid for all coordinating tile....not patchwork. It's not your fault they messed up and the tile is no longer available. They just want the easiest, cheapest way out.

Canada must also have laws about this...I would look into it.

If you lose the battle, I would pick a different shape tile in a darker tone (but not dark like the trim) so the contrast looks intentional instead of not pulling off trying to match what is there.

If they won't redo the whole thing, you might want to consider wood look tile. It would mimic a wood floor and not look as much like a different tile. I think a color similar to the trim piece would look fine; it coordinates with the counter top and yet is not as dark as the cabinets.

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Here's a darker one with espresso cabinets:

Wood look tile was my first thought too. I have tile similar to the 2nd photo posted by Olychick in my small bathroom and LOVE it.

That's exactly what I was going to say, wood look tile. There's so many beautiful ones to choose from now. I have a few I really like a lot.